Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Jan 2007 00:19 UTC
Sun Microsystems is set to license OpenSolaris under the upcoming GNU GPLv3 in addition to the existing Common Development and Distribution License, sources close to the company have told eWEEK. "The next version of Solaris will include things like GNU Userland, which is already being attempted with OpenSolaris, while open-source solutions from other communities for things like package management also look very promising. Dual-licensing OpenSolaris with GPLv3 could make this even easier," said a source who declined to be named.
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2005-07-06
Yet you don't mind Apple and BSD "plundering" the good things from Solaris? How is it any different?
Except they're not "plundering" in my view. If the Solaris code was GPL'd, it would just be "absorbed" into the Linux world. Whereas with the Apple culture, it it *used* but not "absorbed", same with BSD.
If all the functionality of Solaris were moved into Linux, key reasons to use Solaris would not exist. Hence, why I am against it. One project should not succeed at the expense of another.
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the way I read this is "I would stop contributing if those Linux bastards could use my stuff".
They can use OpenSolaris and whatever "stuff" I have contributed. Just not in a way that causes it to lose any identity and the licensing I want.
Edited 2007-01-17 01:51